Gary Lloyd was born and educated in Los Angeles, California. He earned his BFA and MFA from the Otis Art Institute and later taught at UCLA. There, in 1979, as a response to the developing fields of multimedia and site-specific art, he formed, with other artists, the New Genre Department. He continued to produce his own sculpture and painting and was honored to be one of 12 artists selected to serve on the Artist’s Council for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art during its formation.

In 1983, Gary and Karen Kristin initiated a scenic backdrop company in Hollywood where they primarily painted sky images. Gary has continued with several businesses in the Los Angeles area; Sky Drops, Inc. specializes in large and small backdrops both hand-painted and digital, while Really Big Skies has provided sky paintings for such projects as The Silver Legacy in Reno and The Reserve in Henderson. In 1998, Gary rejoined Karen and the SKY ART team to help paint the sky at the Venetian. At the present time, he is making art in his studio and expanding his design skills with digital and lighting projection systems.

Gary divides his time between in his studio in downtown Los Angeles and his ranch in New Mexico. He reads and draws with his young sons, Cole and Skyler, and is learning to speak the Navajo language, Diné Bizaad. Fly-fishing is a passion of Gary’s, and he enjoys working the McCloud River in Northern California and “undisclosed” portions of the Clark’s Fork in Montana.

Gary can be reached at skydrops@skydrops.com.